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EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey: 6BN euro ‘fully mobilised’

December 10, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Turkey

The European Union has fully mobilised the six billion euro operational budget of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey, in line

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Europe 

EU mobilises 663M euro in humanitarian assistance for refugees in Turkey

October 31, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Syrian refugees, Turkey

The European Commission is mobilising 663 million euro in humanitarian aid to continue major projects under the EU Facility for Refugees

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President calls on government to press EU leaders for action plan on migration

October 15, 2019October 16, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Roumen Radev, Syria, Turkey

Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev has called on the government to raise at the European Council meeting the

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria calls on Turkey to halt military operation in Syria

October 15, 2019October 17, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Syria, Turkey

The military operation in Syria must stop because the risk of a humanitarian crisis is very high, and it is

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM calls Cabinet security council meeting over Syria situation

October 14, 2019October 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Syria, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov has called a meeting of the Cabinet security council for October 15 in connection with

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EU foreign ministers call on Turkey to withdraw forces from north-eastern Syria

October 14, 2019October 15, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Syria, Turkey

European Union foreign ministers have urged Turkey to cease its unilateral military action in north-eastern Syria and to withdraw its

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Bulgaria 

Turkey’s Syria offensive: Bulgarian PM to urge Brussels to stop criticism of Ankara

October 12, 2019October 14, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Syria, Turkey

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on October 12 that he would urge European Union leaders to stop their “incessant

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Europe 

Strategic defeat for Erdogan, Imamoglu the new mayor of Istanbul

June 23, 2019 Independent Balkan News Agency Turkey

With a clear victory, 49-year-old Ekrem Imamoglu won the repeat municipal elections in Istanbul on June 23. The opposition candidate

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian railways to inaugurate regular Plovdiv – Edirne train on May 24

May 18, 2019May 21, 2019 The Sofia Globe staff BDZ, Plovdiv, tourism, Turkey

Bulgarian state railways BDZ is to launch a regular train service at weekends and on public holidays between Plovdiv and

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